aclo dclo (11/45) flustered-ness

Jay West jwest at classiccmp.org
Fri Mar 30 11:29:44 CDT 2007


I had written....
>> This would make me
>> think the problem is more likely something about the RL02 or M8256.

I *HATE* it when I make a typo that isn't obvious and may throw people off. 
Of course, I meant that "the problem is more likely something about the RX02 
or M8256". Or... ya know... the backplane could be the culprit here. But the 
important point... the RL02 definitely works and loads correctly as long as 
the RX02 is powered off.

> You can work your way back from the signal that drives the FAULT
> lamp on the RL02. Perhaps an other approach is to check what signals
> go from the RX02 drive to the M8256 RX211 controller.  Especially,
> where the signals from that flatcable go on the RX211 module, and
> what effect they might have on the UNIBUS. Perhaps there is a short
> in the flatcable between the RX02 and the RX211 that acts up when
> the RX02 is powered?
Yes, but.... if that's the case... why does the RX02 work perfectly. 
Separately, each one (RL02 and RX02) works just fine, boots an OS, etc. But 
if they are both on... RL02 faults after spinup.

Thanks for the tips!

Jay 





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